Startups

Cape Town-based Travelstart is set to wholly acquire Club Travel Group in a move expected to boost its offering by...

As the East African economy grows, especially in Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda, at a steady 5.9% in 2019, according to...

Taz Technologies Inc, the firm behind MPOST, a virtual postbox startup has concluded its pre-Series A first round of funding...

Cloud9xp, an online marketplace, booking service and distributor for leisure experiences backed by Hotel Online has merged with Hearbeat Adventures,...

Walie Holdings Ltd, a Jiji-owned company now fully owns and operates OLX in Africa as Jiji.ng in Nigeria and Jiji.ke...

Russia's inDriver, a venture backed ride-hailing service with $10m in funding has launched in Nairobi, Kenya, making it the second...

 SWVL, an Egyptian mobility company present in Egypt and Kenya has announced a partnership agreement with Ford that will see...

Kenya's Little, a taxi hailing service has launched its Little Boda service after several months in pilot to take on...

African startups are urged to apply to the 2019 Spring Fellowship, a 4-month acceleration program in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire in...

Barcelona-based Learnlife has raised €3.1m seed funding round led by BPO Capital in partnership with 19 entrepreneurial supporters spanning 11...

West Africa’s first online vessel chartering platform MVXchange has announced the closing of their pre-seed funding round. The financing round...

Everything delivery startup Glovo has been ordered to reopen its operations in Egypt, a month after it announced an abrupt...

Kenya's top digital forum, KenyaTalk.com  has reached 50,000 active users and introduced a general classified category to fill the gap left by...

A new online travel agency startup called Travelcheck.co.za has just launched in South Africa to offer dynamic packages so travellers can custom-build...

China's WeChat allows users to do just about anything in China. The Tencent backed platform has over 900 million active...

Apptivate Africa, a Kenyan based digital payment solutions firm launched an E-Lunch application in 2018 to help employers reinstate employee...

Africa Moves, an event for the development of Africa and the African diaspora, and the largest African event dedicated to...

afringa, a Frankfurt-based online networking and employment platform dubbed to be a 'LinkedIn for Africa' has launched operations in Kigali,...

Workable Nairobi, a commercial serviced office provider, has launched a new state-of-the-art corporate coworking hub at Sanlam Tower, Waiyaki Way,...

PayJoy, a pay-as-you-go smartphone financing firm has raised $20M Series B investment round led by Greylock Partners with participation from its...

BBOXX has secured an USD$8 million loan from the Facility for Energy Inclusion Off-Grid Energy Access Fund (FEI OGEF) to...